Florida updates sea turtle nesting totals for 2018

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6:31 pm EST, Tuesday, February 12, 2019

FILE - In this June 28, 2017 file photo, a loggerhead sea turtle makes its way back into the Gulf of Mexico after being treated and rehabilitated as a crowd watches on the beach at Henderson Beach State Park in Destin, Fla. Wildlife officials say sea turtles consistently nested on Florida beaches in 2018, in spite of lingering algae blooms that killed marine life and tropical storms that washed out habitat. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute posted the statewide nesting totals on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. More than 91,400 loggerhead nests were found, about 5,000 fewer than in the previous year. (Devon Ravine/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP, File) less

FILE - In this June 28, 2017 file photo, a loggerhead sea turtle makes its way back into the Gulf of Mexico after being treated and rehabilitated as a crowd watches on the beach at Henderson Beach State Park in ... more

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FILE - In this June 28, 2017 file photo, a loggerhead sea turtle makes its way back into the Gulf of Mexico after being treated and rehabilitated as a crowd watches on the beach at Henderson Beach State Park in Destin, Fla. Wildlife officials say sea turtles consistently nested on Florida beaches in 2018, in spite of lingering algae blooms that killed marine life and tropical storms that washed out habitat. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute posted the statewide nesting totals on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. More than 91,400 loggerhead nests were found, about 5,000 fewer than in the previous year. (Devon Ravine/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP, File) less

FILE - In this June 28, 2017 file photo, a loggerhead sea turtle makes its way back into the Gulf of Mexico after being treated and rehabilitated as a crowd watches on the beach at Henderson Beach State Park in ... more